Edward the ii s gay lover

Ancestors of Edward II of England [] 8. As far as his recorded murder and death. And the Queen. Opening Weekend USA: It is that view which clarifies the relationship of Edward and Isabella. External Sites.

He also paid for Windsor castle gardens and many holy churches.

He possessed a small but varied collection of books, and was probably more comfortable in French than Latin, though his frequent characterization as rex illiteratus seems to have no basis in evidence. The Boydell Press. Under Edward's rule, parliament's importance grew as a means of making political decisions and answering petitions, although as the historian Claire Valente notes, the gatherings were "still as much an event as an institution". The contemporary chroniclers are largely silent, except for the highly colourful, and unlikely, account of Walter of Guisborough, which claims the Prince sought to have Gaveston ennobled as Count of Ponthieu.

Jeffrey Hamilton supports that the relationship was sexual, but that it was probably not overtly so.